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Cuba is completely free to trade with the other 85% of the world economy that is not the United States, and indeed they've done so since the Soviet Union collap
by hash872 5y ago
Cuba is completely free to trade with the other 85% of the world economy that is not the United States, and indeed they've done so since the Soviet Union collapsed. They do quite a bit of trade with various European countries, and in particular Spain.
Interestingly, they're not even 100% cut off from the US- agricultural exports are exempt, and so Cuba imports quite a bit of US foodstuffs like poultry, soybeans and corn. (Farmers generally drive US economic policy!)
- masterof0 5y agoExactly, the "half a decade of embargo" rhetoric come from people who clearly don't live or never have been in Cuba, nor understand the reason for the embargo. I don't blame them tho, they are just victims of decades of propaganda.